How quickly 3 months have passed! I hope you all enjoyed your holiday season and have had a productive start for 2010!

For those of you interested in Asian Studies, or living in Philadelphia, I will be attending the Annual Meeting of the Association for Asian Studies on behalf of AsiaPacificFilms.com from March 25-28. I’m looking forward to it, they have such interesting discussions programmed!

Second personal bit of fun news is that I was recently the focus of a blog post concerning the film that I am now in post-production on, In the Family Way. I got called a superhero and she even went into all of my previous films. I am still speechless, at least speechless for me.

http://www.homunculusprods.com/directing-way-rachel-gordon-director-family-way

I will be participating in a conference call with the MFA Documentary program at the University of North Texas on March 25 for a discussion focused on helping film students understand the marketing and distribution landscape for their finished films.

Alice Elliott and Body & Soul: Diana & Kathy have the most news:

Body & Soul: Diana & Kathy is now part of the American Documentary Showcase, a program of contemporary documentaries offered to US Embassies for screening abroad. Funded by, and as a cooperative program with, the Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs of the US Department of State, the Showcase is designed to promote American documentaries and their filmmakers at international venues. For more information go to www.documentary.org

Alice participated in a United Nations Television interview about disability rights being human rights for the series Global Connections. It has already started airing and continues to do so.

Alice going to Israel with film for their first international film festival about challenging the concept of disability. The Reframing Reality Film Festival is April 27-29.

Alice was a guest lecture the School of Visual Arts series Process and Style based on her experience with The Collector of Bedford Street.

Diana Braun just gave speeches on March 5 and 6 at both the St. Louis Arc and the Down Syndrome Association of St. Louis.

To keep up with Alice and Diana, visit www.welcomechange.org

To wrap things up this time I share an article by fellow (awesome) filmmaker Randi Cecchine, which contemplates how funding can affect styles of filmmaking:

http://www.aivf.org/magazine/2010/03/doc_funds_and_form

Thanks for your continued interest in independent film. If you wish me to delete you from this list, don’t hesitate to ask. Please also feel free to forward along to anyone you think might be interested.

Rachel